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Suit Yourself
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Publisher: Capitol
Lynne's follow-up to 2003's Identity Crisis works the same sparse, moody territory, but if the title of the former spoke to her self-esteem at the time, Suit Yourself shows her being more confident in every way. Again acting as her own producer, Lynne took the demo tapes she made in her California home studio to Nashville, where she augmented her first-take vocals with guitar (the Wallflowers' Michael Ward), keyboards (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench), bass, drums, pedal steel, Dobro, and mandolin, employing those instruments merely as brush strokes on a wide-open canvas of voice and emotion. Throughout, Lynne strives to make the project so relaxed that a listener feels as if he's sitting cross-legged in the room--the first track begins with studio chatter, and elsewhere you can hear ice cubes clinking in a glass and the sound of someone pushing the stop button on a tape recorder. For those who prefer a more polished production, this fly-on-the-wall approach may be disconcerting, especially as the occasional track seems unfinished or a bit too rough, with an out-of-tune guitar or a rhythmic disconnect between singer and players. But ultimately, the album satisfies with the honesty and strength of the material, which ranges from Lynne's killer cover of guest Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night in Georgia" (here titled simply "Track 12") to the smoky groove of "I Cry Everyday," the wistful ballad "Old Time's Sake," and the Waylon Jennings-like "Iced Tea." Speaking of outlaws, "Johnny Met June," one of the most memorable tracks, details the Cashes' "meeting" on the far banks of the Jordan. Lynne wrote it the day Johnny died. --Alanna Nash
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| written lyrics really should be included... |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Not really a country fan, except for some Buddy Miller and "Car wheels on a gravel road"... Don't really like Ms. Lynne of the Epic days, that country sameness, but starting with "I am Shelby Lynne", I really started to prick up my ears and of course I wasn't alone.
This may be my favorite thus far, a kind of guilty pleasure as I thought the lyrics were... not so great, Like, "I Won't Die Alone"
Well, actually we do.
And "You're The Man"; I'm still not sure what that's about:
"I'm so glad that my Dandy's old
And I'm so glad he's past the point of being told
To evacuate his house for his old bodies safety
From the place he walked on when he was a baby
Kept in a darkened room
With earthworms and big dirty mushrooms
Oh thanks for the death sentence man
Oh thank you Man"
So an older relative is going to be kept with earthworms and dirty mushrooms?
Anyway, I said guilty pleasure, and that's because for weeks on end I'll play this on Repeat and Ms. Lynne will sing to me for hours; it's intimate and bluesy and the musicianship is of a very high level and I'm comforted and blown away.
Well I finally went on line and found the lyrics (some of them wrong) and came away with a heightened sense of how good they were on so many of these songs like "Ice Tea", "You Don't have A Heart", "Where Am I Now", and the lovely "Sleep" for example, and I enjoyed the album even more as I can see themes echoing from song to song, like the fear that feelings and thoughts are just illusions ("So we can be sure it's just not in our heads" and "Maybe this is the real thing baby").
It's already been mentioned numerous times that the album and the liner try to give the feel of a "you are there at the making of the album, you are included" and that's fine but I would much more have appreciated being able to read the lyrics so I could more fully appreciate what the artist is trying to communicate.
I don't feel that for every artist, because mostly lyrics don't matter, somebody else wrote them but these are often quite special. Because they quite often illuminate the scene... unless you don't want that illumination?
Thank you for your time.
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| SHELBY IS REMARKABLE ON "SUIT YOURSELF" |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I JUST RETURNED FROM SEEING SHELBY LIVE
IN CONCERT AND SHE PERFORMED LOTS OF
SONGS FROM "SUIT YOURSELF". SHE AND THE
CD ARE TRULY REMARKABLE!!!! SULTRY,HONEST
MINDBLOWING TALENT!!! IF YOU DO'NT HAVE
IT BUY IT;TRACKS LIKE "WHERE AM I NOW"
"ICED TEA" & "SLEEP" ARE ENDEARING AND
"GO WITH IT" , "I CRY EVERYDAY" & OTHERS
JUST PLAIN ROCK WITH SOUL THE WAY ONLY
SHE CAN DELIVER!!I HAVE ALL HER CDs AND
I LOVE 'EM ALL (THE POST-NASHVILLE ONES
I LIKE THE BEST)THE SHOW SHE DID IN
ALABAMA TONIGHT WAS SO GOOD I WISH SHE
HAD FILMED IT ;BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE IS,
PURE MAGIC ON "SUIT YOURSELF" OR HER
OTHER CDs. HER SONG "WHEN JOHNNY MET
JUNE" IS A TOUCHING & VERY WELL WRITTEN
TRIBUTE TO THE PASSING OF THE GREAT
JOHNNY CASH(WHO'S MOTHER SHE PORTRAYED
IN THE MOVIE "WALK THE LINE")ACTING,
SINGING,A TRUE "JEWEL OF THE SOUTH"
TO QUOTE RODNEY CROWELL,& SWEET TOO;
THIS IS THE 3rd TIME I MET HER;THE FIRST
TIME WE APPEARED ON THE SAME TV SHOW
TOGETHER & SHE WAS ONLY 15 AND SANG
SO GREAT I WAS AMAZED.SHE HAS A NEW
CD I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ,BUT 'TIL THEN
"SUIT YOURSELF" IS A MUST BUY! ROCK
ON SHELBY!,AND IF READERS OF THIS
REWIEW HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE HER LIVE
JUST GO ! SHE AUTOGRAPHED MY CD OF
"SUIT YOURSELF" AND REMAINS "THE REAL
DEAL."
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| Another great Shelby Lynne cd. What else would you expect? |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Authentic, impossible to characterize (she isn't country, nor is she blues or rock), cool, sometimes jazzy but not jazz, sometimes raw and always honest, Shelby Lynne is a unique talent. I must admit that I don't listen to the radio nor do I read Billboard. Accordingly, I have no idea whether the recognition that comes from winning a Grammy has led to popularity and financial success. I hope it has. In a world full of money-making and talentless hacks this is one talented lady who really deserves commercial success.
This entire cd has a laidback, home-grown feel. The material is uniformly strong. Johnny Met June and Rainy Night in Georgia are particularly strong. The supporting musicians are first rate but never intrude. If you know Shelby Lynne then I am preaching to the converted. If you don't and are considering buying this cd do it now. Then pick up I am Shelby Lynne and the lovely Just a Little Lovin'.
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| Buy This CD For The Last Song |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is a nice self-produced CD by a great, great singer and better than usual songwriter. The true gem here is the last song, simply and a bit confusingly listed as "Track 12." What we find is a sublime, gorgeous version of Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night In Georgia" (made popular in the early 70's by Brook Benton). And who is among the great guitarists playing on this languid, understated arrangement? Tony Joe White himself. Shelby's laid-back, knock-out vocal tops it all off. Go to the CD store as quickly as you can and shelve this in your collection under "Classic."
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| Return to musicality |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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After her angry, almost depressing last couple of albums like "Identity Crisis," Shelby comes out swinging with a still very personal plaint but with far more musicality and good listening than we've heard in a long while. The music is closer to her own roots and is such a refreshing departure from so much of the whining, overproduced crap in country music right now. Shelby's voice is in great shape too, vibrant and strong, like the music itself.
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Go With It
Where Am I Now
I Cry Everyday
You're The Man
Old Times Sake
I Won't Die Alone
You And Me
Johnny Met June
You Don't Have A Heart
Iced Tea
Sleep
Track 12
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